Battlefield
Baseball
aka Battlefield
Stadium

2005
Japan
Color
Not Rated
97 minutes

Director: Yudai Yamaguchi
Producer: Ryuhei Kitamura
Cast: Tak (Versus) Sakaguchi
Hideo Sakaki
Atsushi Ito
Subversive DVD version

DVD extra features:
• Trailers
• New 5.1 Surround Audio
• Commentary Track
• Deleted scenes and outtakes
• Short Films
• Music Video
• Two making of BB Docu's

:: Screen Shots ::

Splatter Up for Battlefield Baseball...
Review: Allen F.

Battlefield Baseball (aka Battlefield Stadium) is one of the funniest films I have seen in some time. The new US version released by the up and coming company Subversive Cinema is awesome. I am happy to report that the DVD is flawless and is highly recommended to fans of extreme action, horror and comedy. Way beyond the comedy of Hong Kong's "Shaolin Soccer" this baseball film is more extreme and violent but at all times funny and tongue in cheek. The film is directed by Yudai Yamaguchi and Produced by one of Japan's number one directors Ryuhei (Versus, Sky High) Kitamura. This is a must see it too believe movie.

The story is about as you probably have guessed baseball and baseball teams. The only thing different about this story is unlike some boring baseball films of the past this one is a Japanese horror comedy. The film comes complete with hilarious (blue faced) zombies and ball field carnage. The storyline is an entertaining no brainier about a guy that the team needs to recruit to beat a team of zombies that has decimated the team in the past. The evil Gedo High zombies team are ruthless and play to the death. The film does not portray real baseball but as in the title Battlefield Baseball that results in games ending when all the members of one team are brought to submission by death. Tak Sakaguchi from "Versus" and the upcoming "Death Trance" plays Jubeh a boy that has sworn off Baseball yet must be recruited to help the good guys Seido High beat those living dead goons from the Gedo High team. This film also has a slew of hilarious resurrections as not all people killed playing Battlefield Baseball stay dead.

Jubeh has a weapon of pitching called the Super Tornado that defies science as we know it. The other members of the Seido team also after being killed return to life as the undead to fight the other evil undead's on the Gedo team. After they are resurrected by some means unknown they also have super powers helping them in turn kick some zombie ass. Yes an outrageous and funny film. Like I said a no brainier but a hell of alot of fun. The short film about the Boy and his quest for soup is also a treat and silly as hell. Need a good laugh then Battlefield Baseball is all you need. A great job from Subversive Cinema and at Kyonsi we hope they bring us some more Asian DVD oddities. Get the DVD today before you get nailed with the Super Tornado pitch.

Splatter Up A+ Recommended!